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Test includes:

Chloride.

Methodology:

Potentiometric

Synonyms:

Clinical significance:

Increased urine chloride may result from water-deficient dehydration, diabetic ketoacidosis, Addison's disease, and salt-losing renal disease. Decreased urine levels are seen in congestive heart failure, severe diaphoresis, and in hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis due to prolonged vomiting.